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1
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Reticular Theory (who and what)

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Camillo Golgi, nervous system is a bunch of continuous fibers (no synapses)

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Santiago Ramon y Cajal

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The Neuron Doctrine. Disproved reticular theory, found synapses

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Input Zone

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Dendrites, cell body in Multipolar and bipolar neurons. Receive info

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Integration Zone

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Axon hillock, where action potentials arise (decision to make neural signal is made)

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Conduction Zone

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Info transmitted through axon. In Unipolar neuron, the cell body is here

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Output Zone

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Axon terminals, transfer of info to other cells

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Afferent transmission

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Input. Sensory info

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Efferent transmission

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Output. Motor

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9
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Glial cell that provides structural support and nutrients to neurons

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Astrocyte

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10
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Glial cell that myelinates CNS neurons

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Oligodendrocyte

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Glial cell that removes debris from injured or dead cells

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Microglia

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12
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Glial cell that myelinates PNS neurons

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Schwann cell

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Gray matter

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Cell bodies, dendrites, and unmyelinated axons. Processing

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White Matter

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Myelinated axons. Info transport

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15
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Corpus callosum

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White matter connecting hemispheres for communication

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16
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Group of neurons in cns

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Nucleus

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17
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Group of neurons in pns

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Ganglion

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18
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Region involved in working memory, thinking, executive control, behavioral inhibition

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Frontal lobe

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19
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Region involved in Visuospatial processing and somatosensory processing

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Parietal lobe

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20
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Region of parietal lobe involved in somatosensory processing

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Postcentral gyrus

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21
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Region of frontal lobe involved in motor control

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Precentral gyrus

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22
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Cerebellum

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A LOT of neurons. Motor control

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23
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Region involved in auditory and visual processing, along with memory

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Temporal lobe, hippocampus is the memory portion

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24
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Hormones and homeostasis region

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Hypothalamus and Pituitary

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25
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Sensory relay region. Receives instructions from cortex to ctrl which sensory info is transmitted

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Thalamus

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26
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Caudal to thalamus, small region involved in vision

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Superior colliculi

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27
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Caudal to thalamus, small region involved in audition

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Inferior colliculi

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28
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VERY Multipolar neuron for a lot of communication and excitability

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Pyramidal neuron

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29
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Brain system that filters bad material out and acts as a medium for exchange between blood vessels and brain tissue. 3 openings let CSF cover surface of brain and spinal cord. Also shock absorber

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Ventricular system. Lateral-3rd-4th. Lateral ventricle touches all four lobes

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30
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Difference between tracts and nerves

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Tracts are inside brain. As soon as neuron enters brain it becomes a tract

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31
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Hogan twins are joined at which brain structure

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Thalamus. They can experience each others sensory experiences, emotions, and thoughts

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32
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Brain system critical for emotion and learning

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Limbic system HIPPOCAMPUS, AMYGDALA IS BIG PART

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33
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What was removed from patient HM? Same brain structure that dies first during suffocation (ten second tom)

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Hippocampus

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34
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Limbic system component involved in fear emotion and aggression

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Amygdala

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35
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What is lesioned in patient sm that causes her not to have a sense of fear or social norms

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Amygdala

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36
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Brain system involved in motor control- gray matter

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Basal ganglia

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37
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Create and release dopamine- basal ganglia- parkinsons

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Substantia nigra

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38
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Cranial nerve I and function

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Olfactory- smell

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39
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Cranial nerve Ii and function

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optic vision

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40
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Cranial nerve III

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oculomotor keep eyelids from droop

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41
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Cranial nerve IV and function

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Trochlear allow eyes to cross

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42
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Cranial nerve v and function

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Trigeminal jaw control and facial teeth and sinus sensory info

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Cranial nerve VI and function

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Abducens lateral movement of eyes

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44
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Cranial nerve VII and function

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Facial 2/3 of taste and makes emotional faces

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45
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Cranial nerve VIII and function

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Vestibulocochlear hearing

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46
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Cranial nerve IX and function

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Glossopharyngeal swallowing 1/3 of taste

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47
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Cranial nerve X and function

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Vagus slows heart beat and is in charge of sensory motor ctrl of internal organs

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Cranial nerve XI and function

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Spinal Accessory shrug

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49
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Cranial nerve XII and function

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Hypoglossal tongue muscles help in swallowing

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50
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Type of viewing technique that outlines all cell bodies because the dyes are attracted to RNA

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Nissl stain

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51
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Anterograde labeling

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Uses radioactive molecules taken up by the cell body and then transported to the axon terminals

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Retrograde labeling

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uses horseradish peroxidase HRP which is taken up in the axon terminals. Backtracks flow of info

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53
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Diffusion tensor imaging DTI

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measures water diffusion patterns to determine white matter structure

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54
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Phrenology

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BAD measures bumps in skull. Bigger bumps in people show more brain in that area. People good at language have big bump in a certain part of the skull

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55
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Brocas area

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Left frontal lobe. Area for speech production

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56
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Stereotaxic surgery

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Enables researchers to create precise lesions guided by 3D adjustable arms and stereotaxic brain atlas

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TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION tms

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Magnetic fields temporarily disrupt brain activity in specific region and observe effects

58
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Positron emission tomography PET

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uses radioactive chemicals to determine brain activity in certain areas when person is exposed to stimulus

59
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Functional MRI fMRI

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Measures blood oxygenation over time as an index of brain activity. Good for instant studies

60
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Electroencephalography

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Good for over time studies

61
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Neurophysiology

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Measures electrical activity of individual cells or groups of cells in a specific brain region

62
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Somatic nervous system

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Motor control and feeling

63
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Autonomic nervous system- sympathetic

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Fight or flight. Norepinephrine

64
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Autonomic nervous system parasympathetic

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Rest and destress acetylcholine

65
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Why use squid axon?

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Can see with naked eye. Invertebrate neurons are not myelinated so axons must be larger to send fast potentials. Diameter is important

66
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How fast are action potentials

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Less than 1000tthh ooh a second

67
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Is the inside of the axon more negative or positive

68
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Key element for maintaining resting membrane potential: ions spread out down concentration gradient

69
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Key element for maintaining resting membrane potential: opposite polarities attract, negative charge pulls in pos charge

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Electrostatic force

70
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Key element for maintaining resting membrane potential: cell chooses what can come in

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Selective membrane permeability

71
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Key element for maintaining resting membrane potential: 2 in, 3 out

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Na+-K+ pump

72
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4 types of ion channels important for action potential generation

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Na-K pump Open K+ channels Voltage-gated Na+ channels voltage gated K+ channels

73
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Relative Refractory period

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CAused By Hyperpolarization Resulting from Potassium leaving axon. actionPotential can be produced with additional depolarization

74
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ABSOLUTE REFRACTORY PERIOD

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Caused By closure of sodium channels. Action potentials can not be produced during this period

75
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RATE Coding

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higher depolarization only means More action potentials, NOT Stronger action potentials

76
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What is the refractory period for

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Stops potential from going backward

77
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Tetrodotoxin

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blocks voltage gated Na+ channels So action potentials can’t be sent causing paralysis

78
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Scorpions give Na+ channel agonists so….

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Causes a lot of action potentials & seizures

79
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Tetanus

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Prevents Sodium channel inactivation

80
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Otto Loewi frog heart experiment proves

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CHEMICAL SYNAPSE

81
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What does curare and Bungarotoxin do to receptors

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Binds to Ach receptor Site as an antagonist. No response, paralyze,

82
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Event Related potentials

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Patient exposed to stimulus (word or Something ) repeatedly and *takes average brainwaves from all runs

83
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optogenetics

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some ion channels respond to light stimulus a0 try to infect people with it for treatment

84
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ACh in CNS function

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Learning and memory

85
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ACh in PNS function

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Motor ctrl. Muscular action potentials cause contraction

86
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ACh related neurocognitive disease

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Alzheimer’s

87
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Ionotropic ACh receptor (excitatory or inhibitory)

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Nicotinic, excitatory

88
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Metabotropic ACh receptor (excitatory or inhibitory)

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Muscarinic, both

89
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Major CNS acetylcholine route for learning and memory

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Medial septal nucleus to fornix to HIPPOCAMPUS

90
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Major ach route in brain for motor ctrl

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Nucleus on brainstem to cerebellum

91
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Norepinephrine role in CNS.

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Attention mood arousal

92
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Norepinephrine receptors metabotropic or ionotropic

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Metabotropic

93
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Serotonin function

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Modulates mood, anxiety, sleep, sexual behavior

94
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SSRI

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antidepressants selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

95
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Ach quaternary amine, monoamine, or amino acid

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Quaternary amine

96
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Dopamine quaternary amine, monoamine, or amino acid

97
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Norepinephrine quaternary amine, monoamine, or amino acid

98
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Serotonin and melatonin quaternary amine, monoamine, or amino acid

99
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GABA and glutamate quaternary amine, monoamine, or amino acid

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Amino acid

100
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Mesostriatal pathway

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Motor ctrl. Dopamine from substantia nigra to caudate and putamen (BASAL GANGLIA)

101
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Mesolimbocortical pathway

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Dopamine from ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens. REWARD AND REINFORCEMENT. LIMBIC SYSTEM.

102
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What activities can stimulate reward system in mesolimbocortical pathway

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Drugs of abuse, sex, shopping, games, exercise, gambling

103
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Antipsychotics-Typical neuroleptics

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Schiz treatment. Only targeted positive symptoms ie hallucinations

104
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Antipsychotics- Atypical neuroleptics

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Schizophrenia treatment targets both positive symptoms (hallucinations) and negative symptoms (social withdrawal)

105
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Anxiolytics

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GABA receptor agonists

106
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What do amphetamine and cocaine have in common

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Both stimulants, both block reuptake of excitatory neurotransmitters

107
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Amphetamine Stimulates the release and blocks the reuptake of

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Dopamine and norepinephrine

108
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Nicotine is an agonist of what neurotransmitter

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ACh, addictive properties come from activation in ventral tegmental area (reward system in mesolimbocortical pathway). Very potent- 1 dig can cover 80% of receptors

109
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What type of ligand is caffeine and what does it effect

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Competitive antagonist of adenosine autoreceptors that inhibit the release of dopamine and the epinephrines

110
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Naloxone is an inverse agonist of

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Opioids. Can counter overdose and is used to treat addiction

111
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What do Endocannabinoids do that goes against the nature of an axon

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Act as retrograde messengers that may modulate presynaptic neurotransmitter release

112
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Cannabinoids. CB1 agonist impairs

113
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LSD affects what neurotransmitter

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Serotonin, agonist of serotonin receptor 5HT2A which is found in the visual cortex (inducing hallucinations)

114
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Alcohol activates what receptors

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GABAa, producing inhibition. Also stimulates dopamine pathways (buzz)

115
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How does alcohol affect neural degradation

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Increases it by poor diet- thiamine deficiency- already have enough calories from booze

116
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Metabolic tolerance

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Metabolic organs become more efficient at eliminating drug before it has effect

117
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Functional tolerance

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Target structures of drugs become less sensitive to drug. Up and down regulation

118
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Cross tolerance

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Use of a drug leads to tolerance of similar drugs as well

119
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Moral model of addicition

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Addict has lack of self ctrl

120
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Disease model of addiction

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Addict requires medical treatment. Inherited

121
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Physical dependence model of addiction

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People use drugs to avoid withdrawal

122
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Positive reward model of addiction

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Drugs super stimulate reward circuitry

123
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Pheromone vs allomone

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Pheromone is communication between members of same species through chemicals, allomone is between other species

124
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Vasopressin

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From posterior pituitary, promotes water retention by inhibiting urination, also promotes monogamous mating in prairie voles

125
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Membranous hormone receptors interact with what types of hormones

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Amine and protein. Amines can also attach to transporters to bring the amine into cell

126
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What hormones can easily diffuse across cell membrane and enter nucleus

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Steroid (cholesterol derivatives)

127
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Pineal gland hormone function

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Reproductive maturation and body rhythms

128
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Anterior pituitary hormone functions

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Growth. Targets thyroid, adrenal cortex, and gonads for hormone secretion

129
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Thyroid function

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Growth and development, metabolic rate

130
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Posterior pituitary hormone functions

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Water balance, salt balance, milk letdown

131
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Adrenal cortex function

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Salt (Aldosterone) and carbohydrate metabolism, inflammatory reactions

132
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Adrenal medulla function

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Emotional arousal. Receives direct neural input, making FAST fight or flight response

133
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Pancreas function (islets of Langerhans)

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Sugar metabolism

134
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Posterior pituitary made of what tissue

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Neural, does not produce its own hormones. Just a route to capillaries from hypothalamus

135
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Anterior pituitary made of what tissue

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Glandular, makes own hormones triggered by hypothalamus hormones through capillaries

136
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Releasing hormones

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Produced in hypothalamus, control release of tropic hormones in anterior pituitary

137
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Tropic hormones

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Produced in anterior pituitary, affect secretion of other endocrine glands

138
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Psychosocial dwarfism

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Stress reduces production of growth hormone, can be reversed when stress is alleviated

139
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Alpha cells of islets of Langerhans

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Emit Glucagon. Liver converts glycogen into glucose and releases it into bloodstream. Increases blood sugar

140
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Beta cells of islets of Langerhans

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Emit insulin. Liver stores glucose as glycogen, other cells increase consumption of glucose . Decreases blood sugar

141
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Type I diabetes

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Immune system destroys Beta cells, no insulin produced

142
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Type II diabetes

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Reduced responsivity to insulin in cells that require insulin for glucose absorption

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